Powder puff



May 24 1927' s. BIONDI POWDER PUF'F Filed Dec.18, 1925 mj www ATTORNEY Patented May 24, 1927.

SAVERIO BIONDI, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

POWDER PUFF.

Application led December 18, 1925. -Seria1 No. 76,304.

This invention relates to toilet accessories and has for its object the provision of a novel powder puff so constructed and arranged as to constitute a receptacle for powder and of such a nature or equipped with such means that the powder may be permitted to pass from the interior to the eX- terior when the device is dabbed upon the users face preparatory to distributing the powder over the desired area.

An importantobject is the provi-sion of a device of this character provided with novel means whereby the discharge or feed of powder from the, interior may be made sufficiently small or slight as to meet actual conditions of use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a novel opening and closure means therefor, the opening being provided for the purpose of facilitating the placing of powder within the devi-ce whenever the supply needs replenishing.

An additional object is to rovide a device of this character. which wil be comparatively simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to use, positive in action, elficient and durable inservice, and a general improvement in the art. With the above and vantages in view, heinvention consists 1n the details of constructiom'and 'the arrangement and combination of parts to be herep inafter more fully described and claimed,

and illustrated in the laccompanying drawy ings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device ooking at one side thereof.

- Figure 2 is a similar view looking at the other side or front.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the front member looking at the inner face thereof.

v Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the member constituting one section of the lining.

.Figure 5 is-a cross section through the 1 complete device.

Figure 6 is `a detail perspective view of the other lining member, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail perspective view illustrating the flap at the opening.

Referring more particularl to the drawing, I have shown the outsi e sheet of the powder puff as comprisingfront and rear members 10 and 11 which may, in actual other objects and adsen-ted as being slightly-elliptical though obviously the Ishape may be varied if preferred in accordance with the taste of the manufacturer.- vThese members 10 and 11 are provided with lining members 12 and 13 respectively, and all four are securedtogether at their edges as vclearly indicated with the eX- ception of a small part which is left unsecured to provide a filling opening 14 whereby powder may be introduced within the s ace between the lining sections. Obviously t e sections ma be stitched, cemented or in any other desired manner sewed together, this detail being immaterial.

To permit of passage of powder from the interior of the device to the exterior, the-linin member 12 is formed with a preferably elliptical opening 15 which is covered, at the outside of the lining by a sheet 16 of relatively coarse wire screen, against which is, in turn, secured a fine screen 17. These screens are'intended to be of what is commonly known as indestructible wire mesh and it is of course obvious that the mesh may be varied to meet 'dierent requirements. At the space opposite the elliptical opening 15, the outer or cover section 10 is rovided with a plurality of openings pro vided with eyelets 18 whlch may be metallic or of any other material or simply -sewed as button holes. Obviously, the powder may pass through the opening 15 and the coarse and tine wire screens 16 and 17 respectively v and pass out through the eyelets or openings 18 so as to be deposited upon the face of the user preparatoryV to bein rubbed and distributed about the desire area.

For closing the opening 14, use is made of coacting snap fastener elements 19 and 20, the former designating the female members and the latter desivnating the male members. These snap fastener elements are secured upon the inner faces of the lining sections 12 and 13 and are adapted to coact for effecting the securing action. Secured against the inner face of the lining section 12 is a Hap 21 of silk or other suitable material which is apertured at 22 for the assage of the male element 20 of the snap fastener section, this fiap being designed to be brought over the opening 14 with its free end secured by means of snap fastenerl elements 23 carried thereby coacting with other snap fastener elements 24L secured upon the outside of the outer section or cover 11. y

In the operation of the device, it will be apparent that whenever it is necessary to replenish the supply of powder, it is merely necessary to detach or disengage the snap fastener elements 23 .from the snap fastener elements 24 so that the flap 21 may be swung out of obstructing relation to the opening 14, subsequently to which the device is pulled apart at the opening, the snap fastener 2O becoming detached from the snap fastener 19, and permitting the device to open up so that powder may be introduced. After the powder has been placed within the ldevice, .the snap fastener elements 19 and 20 are re-engaged, the flap 21 is brought over the opening 14 and the fastener elements 23 engaged with the elements 24 to effect the securing action. Obviously, the device may be provided with the usual type of band 25 of elastic or fabric webbing so that it may be handled more readily. The device is of course used in exactl the same manner as any other powder pufly but possesses the great advantage of constituting a container for the powder, it being therefore unnecessary to use what is commonly known as a com.

pact containing powder in cake form.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it

should be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will notA depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, -I claim l. A powder puf of the character described comprising an outer casing including a pair of sections secured together, a lining secured within the casing and likewise formed of connected sections, the space within the lining constituting a reservoir for thehstorage of powder to be used, one section of the casing being provided with a plurality of eyelets permitting the discharge of powder therethrough, the lining .at said apertured or eyelet side of the casing being formed with an opening, wire screen located between the linin and the apertured side (tif the casing for limiting the flow of pow- 2. A powder puff of the character described comprising an outer casing including a pair of sections secured together, a lining secured within the casing and likewise formed of connected sections, the space within the lining constituting a reservoir for the storage of powder to be used, one section of the casing being provided with a plurality of eyelets permitting the discharge of powder therethrough, the lining at said apertured or eyelet side of the casing bein formed with an opening, wire screen locate between the linin and the apertured side of the casing for imiting the ow of powder, the puff being provided at' one point with an opening permitting feeding or introduction of powder to the interior, and means normally closing said opening, said means comprising coacting snap fasteners mounted upon the confronting faces of the lining sections, anda flap secured within one section of the lining, adapted to. be brought over the openin and means for securing the free end of the Hap upon the exterior of the other section of the outer casing.

. In testimony whereof I aIX my signature..

SAVERIO BIONDI. 

